Brand Analytics & Reporting, Associate Director, Kidney

Job Description

General Summary:

Vertex is seeking to hire a Brand Analytics & Reporting, Associate Director, Kidney to join the North America Forecasting, Analytics and Insights team in the Commercial organization. This individual will provide national and sub-national analytics support for the Kidney Business Unit (BU), with an initial focus on povetacicept (pove), through activities such identifying and quantifying potential market barriers and opportunities, quantitative and qualitative performance tracking and reporting, and go-to-market analysis. In addition, this individual will serve as an SME on available underlying data, and support build-out and optimization of analytics ready data sets (ARD).

The ideal candidate must be a skilled and experienced individual contributor, with a demonstrated ability to communicate complicated concepts to a wide variety of stakeholders. This candidate must possess a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy in creating deliverables and must be self-directed in engaging with colleagues. Additionally, this candidate must be able to strategize, collaborate, and manage relationships with our many cross-functional partners.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively within Kidney disease area (DA) analytics vertical, and with Kidney BU stakeholders, to create comprehensive analytics plans aimed at delivering actionable insights

• Develop and leverage a deep understanding of all available data sets, and work with cross-functional analytics & technology partners to ingest, process, and analyze data for reporting and analytics

• Lead creation and administration of commercial KPI dashboards with Kidney BU leadership (marketing and sales) as primary stakeholders. Initial scope will focus on pove performance, with potential future assets to follow

• Contribute to answering ad-hoc analytics questions as they arise from Kidney BU and other stakeholders; work with BU stakeholders to understand needs, and propose/align on appropriate data & analytics approaches

• Develop & continuously improve framework for establishing goals and measuring execution pull-through of new wins (e.g., formulary approvals), present performance against goals to leadership

• Serve as an internal team SME to elevate analytics capabilities within the Forecasting, Analytics, and Market Research team through existing expertise and ongoing self-education of best-in-class approaches

• Work collaboratively with cross functional stakeholders including but not limited to US Marketing, Global Marketing, US Market Access, Finance, Commercial Operations, Supply chain, etc.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficiency with complex modeling and analyzing and developing insights from large data sets, leveraging relevant tools such as SQL, python, R, etc.

• Well-rounded understanding of promotional strategies and market access dynamics with demonstrated ability to combine with analytics to drive business decision-making

• Proficiency working with wide array of commercial pharma data sets, specifically including specialty pharmacy data (e.g., deidentified patient-level transactional data), internally generated sales / marketing data (e.g. field call data from CRM), and also IQVIA data (or equivalent from different data vendor) such as XPONENT PlanTrak, DDD, LAAD (patient claims data)

• Experience working on products in complex and competitive markets

• Strong analytical and business acumen: intellectual curiosity, motivation and ability to structure problems, diagnose issues and triangulate with multiple approaches while keeping sight of the "big picture"

• Experience working with senior leadership to support insights generation and communication, advanced analytics & modeling, and commercial launch planning

• Ability to quickly and thoughtfully adapt to new and evolving business and planning needs

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline required (e.g., Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics) or equivalent experience

• 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, 6+ years of insights, analytics and reporting is required.

Pay Range:

Disclosure Statement:

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex's Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

#LI-Hybrid

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com